Muhammad ibn Malikshah (r.1105–1118), from a manuscript of Hafiz-i Abru’s Majma’ al-tawarikh Artist: Unknown

ca. 1425

Asian Art

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Malikshah I presided over the Sunni Seljuk Empire at its height, when it controlled territories ranging from the eastern Mediterranean to the Hindu Kush in India, and from Central Asia to the Gulf of Persia. Malikshah, his official name as ruler, combines the Arabic word malik and the Persian word shah, both of which mean “king.”

Medium

Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

Dimensions

sheet: 16 15/16 × 13 1/4 in. (43 × 33.6 cm)
image: 14 9/16 × 10 3/16 in. (37 × 25.8 cm)
image (Painting): 5 1/2 × 10 1/16 in. (14 × 25.5 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Mary Burns Foss

Accession Number

1983.94.6

Geography

Herat, Afghanistan

Culture

Afghani, Islamic

Period

Timurid dynasty (1370–1507)

Classification

Paintings

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Provenance
Foss # 1532 Mary Burns Foss (Mrs. Wilson P. Foss Jr.) (1896–1987); gift in 1983 to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography
  • Reza Mohamad Ghiasian, "The “Historical Style” of Painting for Shahrukh and Its Revival in the Dispersed Manuscript of Majma? al-Tawarikh," Iranian Studies 48 no. 6 (2015), 873, 888, 899
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

histories (visual works), manuscript

Marks

Seal of Shah Rukh on lower left of verso

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